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B-295402 1 (2005-02-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyzj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General KA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Lockheed Martin Corporation File: B-295402 Date: February 18, 2005 Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Esq., Ilana Z. Sultan, Esq., and William L. Olsen, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, for the protester. Rand L. Allen, Esq., Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Daniel P. Graham, Esq., and Michael S. Caldwell, Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding, for The Boeing Company, an intervenor. Bryan R. O'Boyle, Esq., Michael J. O'Farrell, Jr., Esq., and P. Alan Luthy, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where the record shows that performance requirements, and associated evaluation criteria, were altered to delete a significant requirement and an evaluation factor under which the protester was viewed as having an advantage, and a senior procurement official, who was involved in discussions that culminated in the deletion of the requirement, has acknowledged bias in favor of the ultimate awardee, the protest is sustained on the basis that the agency has failed to demonstrate that the senior official's acknowledged bias did not prejudice the protester and that the integrity of the procurement process was not compromised. DECISION Lockheed Martin Corporation protests various procurement actions taken by the Department of the Air Force in connection with the small diameter bomb (SDB) program under request for proposals (RFP) No. F08635-03-R-0038.' Specifically, 'At the time of inception, the SDB program contemplated development of a miniature munition weapon system to provide fighter and bomber aircraft with air-to-surface capabilities to attack fixed and mobile/relocatable targets. Agency Report, Tab 82, Draft Operational Requirements Document, at 1. Consistent with the (continued...)

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